Gambia vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, adult, female

Gambia
193.6 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Sierra Leone
195.23 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Gambia rank
27th
Sierra Leone rank
26th

Mortality rate, adult, female over time

  • Gambia
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 195.23 per 1,000 female adults against 193.6 per 1,000 female adults in Gambia, a difference of 1.63 per 1,000 female adults.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 27th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 443.26 per 1,000 female adults 407.1 per 1,000 female adults 36.16 per 1,000 female adults Gambia
1970s 400.88 per 1,000 female adults 354.17 per 1,000 female adults 46.71 per 1,000 female adults Gambia
1980s 350.88 per 1,000 female adults 342.33 per 1,000 female adults 8.56 per 1,000 female adults Gambia
1990s 288.75 per 1,000 female adults 386.85 per 1,000 female adults 98.1 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
2000s 256.23 per 1,000 female adults 362.09 per 1,000 female adults 105.86 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
2010s 231.87 per 1,000 female adults 289.27 per 1,000 female adults 57.4 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone
2020s 209 per 1,000 female adults 209.31 per 1,000 female adults 0.3174 per 1,000 female adults Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Gambia or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 195.23 per 1,000 female adults against 193.6 per 1,000 female adults in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Gambia and Sierra Leone?
1.63 per 1,000 female adults, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sierra Leone?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
Gambia ranks 27th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Unit
per 1,000 female adults
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,145 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.